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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through San Francisco, 2012 and Los Angeles, 2012.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective does the unnamed narrator now use to describe the face of the man with whom she had a one-night stand?
(a) Blank.
(b) Asymmetrical.
(c) Kind.
(d) Warm.

2. For which method of transportation did the unnamed narrator advocate during her discussion with her tall, dark-haired friend?
(a) Bicycling.
(b) Boating.
(c) Hiring a car.
(d) Riding a train.

3. The unnamed narrator recalls wondering "what it would feel like to push" which character "over the edge" (60) of the abyss?
(a) Laura.
(b) Dominique.
(c) John.
(d) Dylan.

4. What did the unnamed narrator find out when she visited the fertility doctor to get checked out?
(a) She found out she had a blocked fallopian tube.
(b) She found out that she had a short ovulation cycle.
(c) She refused to see the fertility doctor.
(d) She found out she was sterile.

5. The first section of the novel Topics of Conversation is set in which month of 2000?
(a) July.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

1. Artemisia told the unnamed narrator that most psychologists "theorize the commonality of the so-called rape fantasy among heterosexual women as linked to" (24) what?

2. In what capacity did the unnamed narrator work for her friend Camila's family in the summer of 2000?

3. Including the two times per month that the unnamed narrator and John were having sex, how many times per month did she allow him to touch her?

4. What tool did the unnamed narrator and her dark-haired friend use to combat their discomfort with a particular element of life?

5. What name did the unnamed narrator call herself during her conversation with her one-night stand at the hotel?

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